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Show vol. in. ROOSEVELT, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH, JULY 15, 1926. NO. 13. Law Will Be En- HOME, DAD AND THE BOY forced by Committee Committee Saturday evening, conJuly 17th. Members rported noxin siderable progress preventing ious weeds going to seed and some progress in eradication itself. Meeting with this committee was the newly appointed Executive Commute made up of officials of inMembers oi terested organizations. this committee are: C. I. Johnson, Mayor of Roosevelt, elected chairman at this meeting; E. H. Burgess, President Dry Gulch Irrigation company, Wm. K. Dye, county commissioner, C. F. Schrader, chairman Agricultural committe Roosevelt Commercial club, Horace All-- r ' Chairman Class D Weed Com-- . .ttee, Thos. R. Todd,, chairman oi Cedarview Weed Committee and Arthur Wiscombe, representing state Executive board of Agriculture, Secretary and enforcing officer. The general sense of both bodies was that the law must be enforced and no White Top, Russian Knapweed, Morning Glory or Canadian Thistle allowed to go to seed this year. Further than that, definite steps were taken to rid the Basin of these pests while there is yet time and it can be done at reason- Class D The met in Roosevelt able expense. The job of to study ways pertaining to from a broad Encampment Pro- By FRANK H. CHELEY J i i gram is Completed Weed The program Logan, July 19 enfor the sixth annual farmers campment to be held on the campus of the Utah Agricultural College 22 19 to is practically comJuly plete, according to an announcement made today from the office of the whose Extension Service, under auspices this fete is conducted. With an unusual list of speakers, exceptional demonstrations, special exhibits, numerous group games, horse shoe pitching contests, baseball, push ball, movies, swimming, com- Real Dade Are Feal Sports D ECAUSE these fathers play the old Game of Life" for all that but always according to the roles that every boy understands as being square." Beeauee They Believe In Team Game as educators in sportsmanship and social living and Insist Is in them, that the bleachers are rarely. If the place for ral boys. Every Boy li the Game, is their ever, slogan. Because They Are Friendly with their neighbors, rleh and poor alike. Invariably boys and dogs In the neighborhood know them and like to hang around" them. The gang often want them for umps or to be It," because they have confidence in them and enjoy them. Because Their Instructions are always of the positive sort and backed up by personal demonstration, too. They despise dont, and nagging" is strictly against their principles. Because They Are Invariably Interested In dogs and chickens and stamps and stars and radio. They believe that a boy without a hobby is likely to be no boy at all, and that the making of collections is one of the Joys of being a boy. I Ft U. Chley. Denver, Colo.) Wheat Joint worm Takes the new committee is and meins and things the weed proposition community standpoint. Mr. Wilkinson is not qulting, but is spending quite a lot of time on Wheat growers of Utah have lost experimental work, trying to find or practical and economical means of 10 per cent of this years crop, eradication. approximately 600,000 bushels, valued at not less than half a million COUNTY COMMISSIONERS dollars, because of Injury done the AT DUCHESNE JULY 6th crop during the growing season by the wheat jointworm. This is the The county commissioners met in enopinion of Dr. Herbert J. Pack, Duchesne Tuesday, July 5, with of the Utah Experimental chairman Fred C. Ferron presiding. tomologistwho recently completed a The tax levy for the Blue Bench Ir- Station, of Jointworm damage done in rigation District No. 1 for the year survey Lake, Tooele 3 926, was accepted as follows: Main- Cache, Box Elder, Salt Some fields tenance, on and Utah counties. $8,000.00. Interest he reports Bonds, $7,800,00. Maturing Bonds, visited in thesenotcounties, worth harvesting $12,500.00. probably are The tax levy for the Duchesne while others are damaged as much County School District, which was as 60 per cent. Although he has fixed by the Board of Education re of been unable to visit all counties cently was accepted by the count the state, Dr. Pack declares that commissioners and Is as follows the stimate General & Building Funds. $63,118, reports In hand warrant the total to loss 10 pr cent Interest mills). $7, of J11 Fund, Utah. 553.29-(1.- 4 mills). Sinking Func wheat crop oflosses $2,720.00-(.- 5 may be avoided, Jointworm mills.) $600 was a) lowed to build two and three quart says this expert, through general ers miles of road between Hayde: of adoption of the practice Allplowing fields Neola, with the understands land In the fall. that the people of Neola and Hayde: stubble be fall plowed, he urges, bedonate enough labor so that $60 should may bewill complete the road. The do cause a sight infestation worms are the work must be done before th come a heavy one, if an unplowed in ?500 Is given. The latter Is to com peraittd to winter to plete the road. field. If the stubble is too high Heavy Toll From Farmers munity singing and numerous other attractions, and with the special feature of having the entire event filmed by the U. S. Department of distribuAgriculture for nation-wid- e is conService the Extension tion, fident that the sixth encampment will easily surpass in attractive features any of its predecessors. Prominent among the special are President Sam II. speakers Thompson of the American Farm. Bureau Federation, Governor George H. Dern of Utah, E. P. Taylor and Mrs. C. W. Sewall, both of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Miss Madge J. Reese, western field agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture; D. E. Davis, Poultry disease specialist Universitwy of California; Dr. C. L. Marsh, poisonous I , : . : I f plant specialist, U. S. Department of Agit riculture; Dr. E. V. McCollum, nube well covered by plowing, should be broken down by means of trition specialist, John Hopkins Dr. E. A. Ross, socioa chain placed as to drag ahead of University; logist, University of Wisconsin; Miss the plow. Mary W. Hinman, director School of The jointworm works In the wheat Dancing, Chicago; Mrs. E. L. Palmstem and is seldom observed by the er, specialist in rural education. grower, who frequently attributes other (Continued on page three) jointworm damage to some cause. EIRE SEASON IS TWO WEEKS The adults of the Jointworms, EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR are small black Dr. Pack explains, Insects. They appear in wasp-lik- e The fire season this year is two the spring and deposit eggs in the weeks earlier than last season, acThey stems of growing wheat. to report from the local cording into white or yellowish grubs forest The amount stem headquarters. which eat out the tissue of the of over rainfall the wateroccurlng or cause enlargements in it. shed the past six weeks period We have at least three species has been exceptionally light. As a of Jointworms in Utah; the wheat result of this condition the surface Btraw worm and the sheath worm cover Is Inflam-abl- e and becoming dry being the most abundant. The wheat in many regions of the low straw worm has two generations a range. Four fires have already the year. The adults emerge in were of three which caused and lay spring from the old stubble usualwere discovered all but by lightning, eggs in growing wheat which head or shortly after starting and were put ly destroys the developing out by Forest Officers and cooperathe entire stem. The second gen- tive fire guards before reaching not does worms of eration With normal proportions. which in stem they are large destroy the rains the present situation would bo much relieved. (Continued on page six) 'i v i f t r de-velo- pe oc-cur- I |